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enhttp://wamc.org/feeds/term/7567/rss.xmlAmerican Intelligence In The Age Of Terror http://wamc.org/post/american-intelligence-age-terror
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>How did American intelligence respond to terrorism, a major war and the most sweeping technological revolution in the last 500 years? Why did NSA begin the controversial terrorist surveillance program that included the acquisition of domestic phone records?</p><p>General Michael Hadyen, the only person ever to helm both CIA and NSA, offers an insider's look at America’s intelligence wars in his new book, <em>Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror</em>.</p><p>For ten years, Hayden participated in every major event in American national security, the fallout and consequences of which are still unfolding today.</p><p>Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:12:00 +0000Joe Donahue135099 at http://wamc.orgAmerican Intelligence In The Age Of Terror Documentary That Follows FBI Informant Playing In Great Barringtonhttp://wamc.org/post/documentary-follows-fbi-informant-playing-great-barrington
<p>A documentary that premiered at the 2015 Sundance Festival where it won a Special Jury Prize is playing at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington tonight. <em>(T)ERROR</em> is co-directed by Simon Rock’s graduate David Felix Sutcliffe who will lead <a href="https://simons-rock.edu/events/index.php?eID=3750" target="_blank">a pre-screening talk followed by a Q and A after the film</a>. As Sutcliffe tells WAMC’s Berkshire Bureau Chief Jim Levulis the documentary investigates the FBI’s use of informants in national security matters.</p>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:30:00 +0000Jim Levulis134089 at http://wamc.orgDocumentary That Follows FBI Informant Playing In Great BarringtonCongressional Corner With Chris Gibsonhttp://wamc.org/post/congressional-corner-chris-gibson-40
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>National security has become a key point of debate in the presidential race.</p><p>In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Chris Gibson tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock he’s looking for more substance.&nbsp;</p><p>Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:50:00 +0000Alan Chartock130896 at http://wamc.orgCongressional Corner With Chris GibsonRobots And Germs, Hackers And Drones - Confronting A New Age Of Threathttp://wamc.org/post/robots-and-germs-hackers-and-drones-confronting-new-age-threat
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips? Advances in cybertechnology, biotechnology, and robotics mean that more people than ever before have access to potentially dangerous technologies—from drones to computer networks and biological agents—which could be used to attack states and private citizens alike.</p><p>In <em>The Future of Violence</em>, law and security experts Benjamin Wittes and Gabriella Blum detail the myriad possibilities, challenges, and enormous risks present in the modern world, and argue that if our national governments can no longer adequately protect us from harm, they will lose their legitimacy. We welcome Gabriella Blum to The Roundtable.</p><p>Mon, 11 May 2015 15:12:00 +0000Joe Donahue115106 at http://wamc.orgRobots And Germs, Hackers And Drones - Confronting A New Age Of Threat'On Hurricane Island' By Ellen Meeropolhttp://wamc.org/post/hurricane-island-ellen-meeropol
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.odysseybks.com/">The Odyssey Bookshop</a> is hosting the book launch for Ellen Meeropol's new novel this coming Tuesday in South Hadley, MA. The new novel is called: <em>On Hurricane Island</em>.</p><p>Told over the five days approaching the anniversary of 9/11, by varying voices on both extremes of the political divide, the novel is both a fast-paced political thriller and a literary examination of the sociopolitical storm facing our society.</p><p>How far should government go in the name of protecting our national security? What happens when governmental powers of surveillance and extra-legal interrogation are expanded? How free are we?</p><p>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:12:00 +0000Joe Donahue110079 at http://wamc.org'On Hurricane Island' By Ellen Meeropol'Lords Of Secrecy: The National Security Elite And America's Stealth Warfare' By Scott Hortonhttp://wamc.org/post/lords-secrecy-national-security-elite-and-americas-stealth-warfare-scott-horton
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>Forty years ago, a majority of Americans were highly engaged in issues of war and peace. Whether to go to war or keep out of conflicts was a vital question at the heart of the country’s vibrant, if fractious, democracy. But American political consciousness has drifted. In the last decade, America has gone to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, while pursuing a new kind of warfare in Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Pakistan. National security issues have increasingly faded from the political agenda, due in part to the growth of government secrecy.</p><p>Journalist and lawyer Scott Horton shows how secrecy has changed the way America functions in his book, <em>Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare</em>.</p><p>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:33:00 +0000Joe Donahue106794 at http://wamc.org'Lords Of Secrecy: The National Security Elite And America's Stealth Warfare' By Scott HortonNick Tursehttp://wamc.org/post/nick-turse
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.nickturse.com/" style="line-height: 1.5;">Nick Turse</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;">, award-winning journalist specializing in national security and military issues, is the managing editor of </span><a href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/" style="line-height: 1.5;">TomDispatch.com</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> and Investigative Fund fellow at the </span><a href="http://www.nationinstitute.org/" style="line-height: 1.5;">Nation Institute</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;">.</span></p><p>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:35:00 +0000Joe Donahue84159 at http://wamc.orgNick TurseDick De Veaux, Williams College - Troubleshooting The NSA's Data Collection Programshttp://wamc.org/post/dick-de-veaux-williams-college-troubleshooting-nsas-data-collection-programs
<p>The whereabouts of alleged NSA leaker Edward Snowden is only the latest mystery surrounding the agency’s phone and internet surveillance programs that were largely clandestine up until about three weeks ago.</p><p>For Dick De Veaux, professor of statistics in the department of mathematics and statistics at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, news of the programs wasn’t surprising. Since 2004 De Veux has been taking part in a summer program organized by the NSA to bring some of the best technical minds together and troubleshoot their data collection and analysis programs.</p>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:35:00 +000067734 at http://wamc.orgDick De Veaux, Williams College - Troubleshooting The NSA's Data Collection ProgramsCongressional Corner with Bill Owenshttp://wamc.org/post/congressional-corner-bill-owens-0
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>We have entered a new era in domestic surveillance.</p><p>In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Bill Owens tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that there must be a balance between national security intelligence and privacy.</p><p>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:50:00 +0000Alan Chartock67340 at http://wamc.orgPublic Reacts To NSA's Collecting Of Phone Recordshttp://wamc.org/post/public-reacts-nsas-collecting-phone-records
<p>Residents of Pittsfield, Massachusetts voiced their views of reports that the NSA has gathered phone records from millions of Americans.</p><p>Pittsfield mayor Dan Bianchi rounded out the conversations with city residents.</p>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:13:37 +0000Lucas Willard66553 at http://wamc.orgPublic Reacts To NSA's Collecting Of Phone Records